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diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 2d0e6e541d52..88192d098aed 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -70,8 +70,11 @@ extern void bus_remove_file(struct bus_type *, struct bus_attribute *);
* @dev_groups: Default attributes of the devices on the bus.
* @drv_groups: Default attributes of the device drivers on the bus.
* @match: Called, perhaps multiple times, whenever a new device or driver
- * is added for this bus. It should return a nonzero value if the
- * given device can be handled by the given driver.
+ * is added for this bus. It should return a positive value if the
+ * given device can be handled by the given driver and zero
+ * otherwise. It may also return error code if determining that
+ * the driver supports the device is not possible. In case of
+ * -EPROBE_DEFER it will queue the device for deferred probing.
* @uevent: Called when a device is added, removed, or a few other things
* that generate uevents to add the environment variables.
* @probe: Called when a new device or driver add to this bus, and callback